# Incident 20040925022749I: Cessna 172A, Clay Center, NE, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 14:48 local time
- Place: Clay Center, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5255° N, 98.0550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clay Center, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5255&lon=-98.0550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7309T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7309T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925022749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 9/25/2004, AT 1448 CDT, WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM CENTEVILLE, IA, TO HASTINGS, NE, CESSNA N7309T EXPERIENCED A SMOKE ODOR IN ITS CABIN. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH EAST OF HASTINGS ON A DIRT ROAD. HE LANDING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF CLAY CENTER WITHOUT INCIDENT TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE ODOR IN THE CABIN. HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR, THE CABIN LIGHTING RHEOSTAT ASSEMBLY. HE PULLED THE FUSE AND CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT TO HASTINGS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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